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I wonder if they've written up the missing screw for the M296's flash suppressor?
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M296 .50 cal gun pod. It's nothing more than an M2 with some added parts such as an electric charger assembly, firing solenoid, and so on. |
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Cool, thanks, reminded me of South African thing I saw when my uncle was in the airforce.
I got to go on base visits and such, we saw them experimenting with a 40mm grenade launcher on a modified Puma, don't know if they ever used them in combat though. |
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attention to detail |
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Antenna mounts for the radar warning system. The antennas aren't mounted, so it's just a blank covering plate. |
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RAG = Replacement Air Group The old time Navy designation for the Training Command Wings that ran the squadrons that did pilot/aircrew training. Now they are know as TRAWING = Training Wing He's with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 302 = HMT-302. Tell your brother Semper Fi and to listen to the Crew Chief. |
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Do you live near Hurlburt Field, I see them all the time at my parents house. |
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No, Jacksonville. Never saw them before or since flying around here. ETA: The 2 rotor ones, see the |
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That pic was taken at Whiting Field in Jan. My oldest son and I flew down there for his winging. It was awesome. I hadn't been on a post (base-sorry I was Army) in almost 12 years. My son and I went to the museum at NAS Pcola. Absolutely awesome. I assure you that I constantly remind him to listen to the enlisted personnel. He called me the other day to tell me he heard the Sgt Mjr three walls away unloading on some E4 who'd gotten a DWI the weekend before. LMAO |
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"if the wings are going faster than the fuselage, you know you're in a helicopter". |
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got to love the hind, damn near invincible to small arms fire, faster than the apache and enough interior cargo space to carry home all your groceries. If i ever become super duper rich im buying one.
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Yes they fly, and they give Haji hell every chance they get too |
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Nice pics!!
Question: I hear that piloting a helicopter is much harder than piloting an airplane. Comments? |
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Me back in 91. Just landed on the USS Kaufman, a Perry Class frigate in the Persian Gulf. We launched out of Bahrain and our weapons were uploaded after landed.
I flew AH1s from 80 to 87 and Kiowa Warriors from 91 to 98 until retirement. This particular airframe was one of the original Prime Chance birds (Google Prime Chance). Sadly, 910 ended up on the bottom of the Gulf about 5 weeks after this picture was taken. I loved the armed recon role and loved flying the KW. They are doing some outstanding work in the big sand box still. My Stetsons off to the folks still over there kicking ass. |
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